Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-23
SULLIVAN DIDN'T COME.
'GahyiOlet" DeyoteS Some Attention I,
Physical Development. With Very
Marked Results.
The pumb-B-tI aud the Morning Hath-
4 Proper Diet for an Athi"t--A B"ut
With the GI"Nr> WHY suIiN
>taid Away.

II hasn't been very many days ago sine,
Ia friend of mine advised me Ia pay NOR,
attention to my physical development. II,
said that what needed was rough exercise
to harden my muscles ard can up large
quantity OF vitality for u>e in the of SeaSol
of the year when vitality was high an,
hard TO get except in a plrklrd condition
lie adv ised me t" use dumh-bcllS IN the
morning prior to a short time after rising
and then take a cold bath with r drcnllrlt
Thermometer in the wafer To show me when
was freezing la death. Then rub myself
thoroughly with towel of lnud deairninE
crash. and wait ill experienced Il >rn>a-
tion of glow.
! knew my friend had been pretty closely
confined IN the early part of his life, bat hc
| had gut cut nr account "f good hrhaN "I
| and a loose brick in the left wall Come Tu
| think about II. il seems Ia me he was once
arrested Tor taking exercise in the absence
0i the owner, hut am not sure. At any
| rate. WAS impressed with what he had
said. | nearly always arose in the morn
| ing with pale, Sallow taste in portions of
my mouth and feeling of langu0r on the
subject OF getting out of bed. was never
completely myself Til took hypoiermc
injection Of buScuit and fried POTATOES and
padded out the wrinkles %! my neglected
interior with few copies Of buck wheat
cakes Syrup-utiouSly eaten. | felt that
needed something to brace me up and make
my clothes tit me more intimately and conf
dentally. | had a good site ior a muscle on
each arm. but the site wasn't even Siaked
Oft vet In fact there wasn't good steak
on the whole premises.
Well. | resolved 10 try my friends ad-
vice. and see if | cnuldr't come out phySc-
ally athletic as well as mentally >"-ditter-
ent. So | bought pair of eight
pound dumb bells, of dark. cold
iron. and commenced operations by getting
my little sister TO hand them up to me and
then come back after little while and help
me down with them. | reported To the
man of whom had purchased them that
they were little too heavy for their weight,
but he said that they wouldn't seem so after
a while. He handed me fifteen pound
dumb-bell 10 examine while | was talking
10 him. and inadvertently let il precipitate
upon one Of his feet. II lighted on a young
and growing corn. and he casually referred
10 il soon after in conversation. | told him
II might seem heavy now. but it wouldn't |
after while. Then he asked me if ! had
~ ver heard of the progress Of the pilgrims |
huniOn.
rapidly acquired agility and btisterS IN
the use of the dumb bells. | received great |,
benefit from taking them 10 bed with me n |
night: but they were cold bed-fellows and /
never seemed 10 be very much impressed |
with the warmth of the climate. acru- |
.h.ar
on my hands. and my bceps grew 81 rap !
idly that at the end of a week you could /
SEE where the wrist left of when bent my !
arm: My plan of operations was to get up |
early in the morning. geSticulate
with the dumb-bellS few times. |
and then take any cold bath /
that may have been left over from the pre-
vious meal. enjoyed the baths more
than can tell There was novelty about /
them that first interested and then charmed |
me. 1t was early spring when first began..
and the mornings, coming As they did in /
the early part of the day, were still chilly. !
The bath-hOuse was located in the same |
locality with the coai-Nhed, and my habit |
was to wake up, treat my mouth To a yawn |
lengthwiSe of the bed. then get up and .
hustle down to the layatory. My attire /
inring the line of march consisted /
Of much haste and the dumb-bellS. !
would plunge into the tub. /
gurgle once or twice. long for chunk OF .
ice 10 warm up on, and then walk out onto |
the coal pile with my We, feet. X usually |
took twenty minutes work with q coarse.
uncultured towel for me 10 reduce the geese
bumps that crowded upon me until the very |
hair of my head sent up the sign of stand
ing-room only" Then ! would sail up
l. IA
stair carpet such portions Of our coal pile .
as had adhered 10 the feet of the bather IN /
his haste of departure. | was clean gone
on the bath, and have gone clean ever /
since commenced Ia daily with il.
After ! got up stairs tO my room, | prac- /
ticed few more times with the dumb bells, ,
until got To painting and then | would put ,
on pair of the pants. At one time one of (
the dumb-bellS eluded my watchfuIurS> /
and hit my brother, who had not Yet risen. ,
in the vicinity of the lower lung. He got /
up and talked back at me with the dumb !
hell. and for few moments We
forgot ourselves and only remembered each /
other. He said il was all nonsense, /
my carrying on this way: he was going to .
speak tn pa and have me split the kinding .
Tor the ga stove, for exercise. instead ut .
humps of iron al my sleeping /
relations. At the end of three weeks ! had |
gained eight pounds Of flesh. but had lost .
eleven other pounds, and didn't feel like Z
Dragging.
Ny friend came and felt Uforl ny muscle .
one day and said bravo. lie asked me if /
was dieting myself | told him was. about .
three times day. Then h. said "nght {" .
eat new eggs. rare steak with the blood .
still circulating through il. and milk with /
animal heat yet in il. | told him that !
on that score he need have /
no fear. for we were getting .
our milk from a Green township dairyman .
now. and not only found animal heat in 1t, /
but very often the animal Itself, also. He |
said must be sure to eat fresh eggs. for .
they furnished albumen, friction. prot"- /
plasm. mustard, and lot Of other useful .
ingredients OF the body and good health. !
only asked 10 be allowed To remove the .
shells. He said certainly, but not to do :"
until Just about the time | wanted 10 Use
them, as the egg did not keep its form and
remain firm after its ova-coat waS removed. .
put myself on this kind Of diet and soon
had the satisfaction of realizing that was
growing more muscular every moment. In
the language of the early pyramid Egyptian
Joke sometimes twice 4 moment.
My friend next told me | ought to use